Archives for Enlargement and Neighbours

This story about the status of Turkey and the EU was published by EurActiv on 30th September 2010. Egemen Ba???, Turkey’s chief EU negotiator, sought yesterday (29 September) to unblock Ankara’s accession bid by calling on European Union countries to call referenda on the country’s EU membership. Turkey may also chose to consult its citizens… » read more

This story about Serbia and Kosovo was published by EurActiv on 10th September 2010. EU hopeful Serbia yesterday (9 September) supported in the UN a compromise resolution on Kosovo fine-tuned by European Union diplomats, dropping its earlier demands to reopen talks on the status of its former province. BETA, EurActiv’s partner in Serbia, contributed to… » read more

This story about French accusations of Romania dumping its Roma was published by EurActiv on 1st September 2010. Romania should not interpret freedom of movement in the EU as a right to get rid of its Roma at the expense of other countries, Pierre Lellouche, the French state secretary for European affairs, told the press… » read more

This story about the EU Kosovo mission corruption crackdown was published by EurActiv on 30th July 2010. EULEX, the EU’s law enforcement mission in Kosovo, has carried out a string of high-profile arrests leading to charges against government officials in the former Serbian province, which declared its independence in 2008. Kosovo’s Special Prosecutor’s Office yesterday… » read more

This story about EU population growth was published by EurActiv on 28th July 2010. The population of the European Union surpassed the 500 million mark at the beginning of this year, with migration accounting for the majority of growth in 2009, according to estimates released yesterday (27 July). European statistics agency Eurostat said the EU… » read more

This story about Icelandic EU accession talks was published by EurActiv on 27th July 2010. Just one year after crisis-hit Iceland submitted its application to join the European Union, the bloc’s foreign ministers yesterday decided that the Nordic country should start accession talks today (27 July). In contrast with other EU hopefuls, some of which… » read more

This story about the aims of the Belgian presidency on EU enlargement policy was published on 23rd June 2010 by EurActiv. The upcoming Belgian EU Presidency has not specifically cited enlargement among its top priorities but is widely expected to help Croatia and Iceland reach important milestones in their accession bids over the next six… » read more

This story about the results of the Czech elections was published by EurActiv on 31st May 2010. A coalition of three centre-right parties is set to form a government in the Czech Republic despite the Social Democrats having come first in general elections held on Saturday (29 May). Two of the parties are new political… » read more

This interview about the opinions of The Reflection Group was published on EurActiv on 17th May 2010. The Reflection Group which recently published a report about the challenges facing Europe between now and 2030 would like 2014 to be the benchmark date by which Western Balkan countries should be given firm assurances on their EU… » read more

This story about Turkey’s accession bid to join the EU was published by EurActiv on 8th April. With Turkey as a member, the European Union would become “the most important peace project in world history,” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an claimed during an official visit to France yesterday (7 April). EurActiv France and EurActiv… » read more